HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-12-9, Page 2..� ammonia and apply to spots, rubbing
*••- briskly-. If some stubborn spots xeM
ABOUTTHE E main scrape them oft with the edge;
U ! t 1! of a coin.
HOUSEHOLD I A good way to get rid of rats is to
collect scene thin chips, pieces of
shingle, or tin, and pour over them
enough molasses to cover them well.
Sprinkle dry lye over the chips and
Recipes For Thrifty Cooks. place them in every rat hole you can
find. The rats will soon move out.
White Gingerbread. --As a vat ia- .
tion from the brown variety of gin- When a sewing machine works
gerbread, take one pound of dry, heavily, take out the thread and oil
sifted titanever part of the machine thoroughly
, half a pound of freest.
butter, half a pound of loaf Sum, the with kerosene. Work briskly for some
rind of one fresh lemon, one ounce
so that the kerosene 'may do
of new ground gingerrout, tial"* .t its work of loosening all the old oil
nutmeg grated, half a teaspoonfulofand grime, and then wipe carefully
c<nEl)vnl its o£ att!'la, and a gill of ening, with a .'.oit, old duster. When the
!� tins +l. L , Z, . lieroseile has been removed, oil the
Ru: t. e - . i r and lamer 't• 'together,
ade} °ll l'" to i eel ::it;ur, t mt°milk-
neat l nn; again with lubricating ma -
i 1 \ rt ., e t Aline ell, and it will then work per -
the milk slightly. Stir in the eoti a f. t,;i O. a c•. aiildt use the lubrieat-
an'd nu to 'a `•'melt-Ih paste, shape it irltr tall aft l an�iil the }i':Utiene.
ineneing me,7s elothee often givesacco li f.sey and bake nee.
the housewife much bother, for they
teen roiranee.
tire not $t easily dealt with as the
cin'i)Di' Cream (:£. :i tea sr?"1i- feminine' garmtint.. the very sewing
*ii.id3 , it,e.,e:e_ notal be nn 4?il on of a button . being a somewhat
with a to teepful of flew and one of '4�a
C.> dC^,ttc•. I'.',re,:'t three eggs tett? + euo C.�Onnc^" ?ci V. :� "t.lila?y always
the s'tt beet tc, .. light 'hatter i; a Butt n. a "stem" when sewing
:eta ..,.t venni etz'e • tter it on a e' :t, so that the buttonhole
may easily slip over it. A. good plan
3 .n fi 'lt*E• 4 erns ;i:ci Ike lIl Cl
e in order to ia.-e:he buttoni : ufficient-
it.r,. ee ick. 4 •tr:. teen to ai sieve ,
ay so as to leave room for the false
,e
'-'s":;!. �'4 c nA is alt a l'ittt of ttett.}� i,har .. is that t.f e�ttting rl::g of
flavored endd sweetened to ee tllwiard a littler bigger than the but -
of tti• Scp t E¢ a }tillo:v in tine toll ton removing the centre. This may
of C th :ii2A3i ,t' cake, Elll ill witil ""/1_1, '
S4his i l e e it i i$t' alit v e thear\el t•be slipped between it and the mater-
whish
atli t.a;.0 tci .t pit. Gralelisln nt+.iia3 tial. the nee lit being passed through
the t eam with small strips of an- the hole in the middle, while the
.y .t• thickness of the cardboard prevents
�,e1Lca end ,OUffI c,l.rrie , the thread from being drawn too taut.
Lamb Souffle. -• one: Once t tl�When tunsheti the ring should be
rpFt.+r`tali butter witha l of flour.rchAdd: broken away, and the shank of cotton
ihl•et :ea;tth� of a cul fol of rich milia strai blend by several winds of cot -
or co
or ue de When honing add one cup-, ton and buttonholed once or twice.
fat t tzncly minced chicken or mut-
ton with one hail 4 upfall of stat bread! Dainty Chiffon Scarfs.
crumbs alai three beaten yolks. Sea -
eon with Balt and pepper paprika and ! \ole that winter is upon us and the
a little `l b.rcester,hii'e sante. Add a ;.:eaeonh 01 gaieties has begun, we boil
little n,l tee.l pimento if there is any ; ourselves scurrying about, here and
at hand. Fold hi the beaten whites there, hearts in a flurry and brim-
andtarn into :a deep buttered tliwlt. ming over \cieh happy ez pcetation of
Bake in a ...tow oven nes: twenty mile -
dance
coming festivities where we may
Citic,. Serve wt? .:t •byte ill a tli 3a. dance away the merry hours, oblivious
S. Green Pea Di ta. , -' Add to one of time and the ninny perplexities of
.it¢ctFe a;.4 +iaellerti peas the heart ci a this little wield of ours, except for the
lent t a' e:t t rein onions, two table -to a thn•eSent tltlestien. of dress.
spec+r ee e.e better, half a pint of Tlttve are number: uf dainty silks.
stere end .Your stripe of lateen. Pee- end .sheer faeriee mill es taffeta,
l is+;,t t a loll thele tote carefully . R'i'Q` cit I o"t21'c'.<, soft satins, chiffons,
anti tk at with a .string to keep it in
sleep, ZV.a h and , trim the onions.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and :
last i^, the pews, telltale anti lettuce;
add ba?e a pint a water and cook
with the till on. When the peas are
tenitb:• take out the lettuce, untie it,
alit; shred it finely and add to the
peas; parboil the bacon, mix it with p
the peas anti lettuce, and after a little
nalre batter has been added the dish
may be served.
Hot Beefsteak Rolls. --- Cut two
pounds of beefsteak into pieces about
size of hand and one-third inch thick.
Chop ',lie pound sausage meat well;
with few sprigs of parsley anti, place l
two, tablespoons of this mixture on
each piece of meat, '.. r spread with
!'react Ireesing .o boiled rice, well sea-
soned. Roll up and tie both ends E
firmly with pieties of thread. Brunn;
in butter in shallow stewpan, add!
juice of lemon, two cape brown
stot•!t, two carrots and two cations
liced, Balt and pepper to taste, cover's
and eeela a, two (houre very gently it
el, until meet is tender. Remove
threads }:,eeo,:e serving.
Orange Shortcake.—Twe, and ane -
half cupful.; flour, one cupful milk,
two teaspoonfuls sugar, five table
spoonfuls butter or two and one-half
tablespoonfuls drippings, twt, tea-.
speor:fb ? , baking powder, one-half
teaspoon =alt, sliced oranges. Mix
dry ingredients together and sift
twice. Work in shortening with fin-
ger tips anti add milk gradually. Toss
on dour board, divide into two parts,
pat oast., and put' into tins. Bake in
hot oven fifteen minutes, split, and
butter. Have oranges cut into small ut;32
pieces, cover with sugar to taste, and
let stand on back of stove until warm- Evening Wrap with Throw Scarf.
ed. Put oranges between layers and
on top of cake, and serve at once. charmingly suited to dance and din-
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nets, and novelty brocades which are
Home Hints.
A good and economical dessert is
stewed figs and boiled rice, served
together.
Some coffee needs boiling and
some does not—one must experiment
to find out.
Never let ashes accumulate in the
ash pan. They absorb the heat before
it reaches the oven.
To keep sleeves up ndien washing
dishes get a pair of bicycle clips and
attach to the roiled -up sleeves.
To remove white spots lett by hot
dishes on the dining room table, use
camphorated oil, rubbing it in well.
Don't set leaky vessels on the range
or spill -cold 'water on it. These
things cause it to crack and warp.
When a garment becomes stained
with machine oil rub the affected part
with a cloth dipped in ammonia.
If pumps slip at the heel, paste a
round piece of velvet inside. This
will prevent slipping when pumps
Have stretched.
Dip a new broom in boiling hot
salt water- and, after • using, dip in
scalding soapsuds once a week, if, you'
wish it to wear well.
When you find fruit stains on table
linen, wet stains with a little cam-
phor, If thisis done before linen is
wet it will remove stains
If you. do yolr own housework,
use a paint brush when blacking the
range, instead " of the usual little
brush, which always soils the hands,
however careful you are.
To' a'eruove paint fr orn windows or
other ,rlass, wct a- woolen cloth with
QERIVIAN EXPANDING UL,LyET
LLOYD -GEORGE'S
SPLENDID WORK
BRITISH ARMY NOT NOW fiHORT
OF RIG SHELLS.
tY Thousand Factories in Britain and
1,000,000 People Working on
Munitions.
The Parliamentary correspondent
of the London Times says: The Min-
istry of Munitions justified itself in
the recent heavy fighting on the
western front. There were no come-
plaints this time of advances that had
to be stopped for want of enough ane-
monition. The British gunters were
as well supplied with shells as the
gunners in any part of the field.
A prodigious amount of high ex-
plosive shell was shot, away in the
advance from the old British lines to
Loos, but still the supply was not ex-
hausted. The authorities at home
have received no complaints whatever
from the generals in the field, When
the fighting ceased they had a great
, deal more ammunition left than they
I expected would be the case, and in
!certain departments there wee actual..
Ily a greater quantity ready to hand
• to the gunners at the end .>t' the
struggle than at the beginning. This
ACOUPLE of German base explosive bullets are here reproduced, having been extracted from a wounded !is a special tribute to the excellent
of the Canadian Paciee Railway Company. The smaller photograph ehowe the actual size of the bullet. munition works and the trent.
and the other en eplergement of same, A Wonderful Organization.
quilling of chiffon matching the taf-
Tim irung
feta bodice. Over this striking skirt ti D,, 11 L'D
hung a tunic of canary colored chif-
fon, while a wonderfully tinted scarf,
with blended tones of canary color
and blue, was draped around the
shoulders in a win -like arrangement,
g
giving the effect of sleeves when the
arms were raised. The ends were
wound loosely round the neck, quite
as one would use the regular throw
man. The photographs were received from Mr. Geprge McI.. Brown or London, Eng., European manager !transport arrangements between the
scarf of heavier material. It was
exceedingly practical and pleased the
eyes of those who appreciate dainti-
ness and grace.
In our quest for evening necessi-
ties, the all enveloping coat must not
be forgotten. Those with large,
roomy sleeves, or no sleeves at all,
are the most practical for the deli-
cate trimmings and fabrics they are
to cover, Velvet, velours, and broad -
clothes are of course the standard
materials, practical and rich in effect;
but many beautifully colored, novelty
velvets, showing a strong Chinese in-
fluence in their exquisite embroider-
ies, may be found. Egyptian novelties
also, never failing in beauty, offer
them: elves for coat and wrap of maid
and matron this season.
' One must net neglect footwear,
slippers. stockings and the "under -
my steries" of the evening frock.
Satin slippers in the delicate shade of
the gown are first in favor, black
patent leather with jewelled buckles,
avid black satin slippers come next
for those a bit more practically in -
dined. The stockings generally match
the frock in tont, or are of white,
I The old fashioned pantalette, scorn-
ed and laughed at since the days of
hoops and Daguerreotypes, are among
ner frocks. Gros de Londres comes
plain and striped, combining often two
of the most delicate pastel shades.
The soft satins and taffetas are par-
ticularly effective, under the web-like
tunics now modish. Although many
prefer the effective simple frock,
others delight in the swaying of tiny
ruffles and frills, and the swishing of
crispy failles and taffetas, panniers of
filmy fabrics, puffed, shirred, apd
pleated, quaintly mimicking creations
of decades ago. These are carelessly
caught up and held in place by tiny
clusters of rosebuds, or perhaps a sin-
gle flower of lace, gold ' or silver.
Metallic ornaments have supplanted
trimmings of silk, buds and flowers,
to a certain extent, and when used
sparingly make most effective finishes.
finishes.
As the fterac is to the picture, so is
the dainty, filmy scarf to the frock for
evening wear; endless ideas may be
carried out with these, They are
beaded, embroidered, fringed and,
hand -colored; developed in the, sheer-
est ofnetS, chiffons, gauzes and won-
derfully patterned Oriental fabrics,
designed with visions of Houris and
dreamy harem beauties in mind. One
, of the many effective uses of the scarf
is with the sleeveless gown; it may
be draped in most becoming ways. A
charming example of this was brought
to my attention the other evening.
The dress was of canary colored taf-
feta made with an eight -gored skirt,
in which alternating gores were of the
canary taffeta and satin of a delicate
blue. Each gore was rounded at the'
lower edge anti finished with a narrow
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Canary Colored Taffeta.
the very daintiest and ,most feminine
of evening accessories. They are of
satin, chiffon or net, frilled, or fur -
trimmed, and one merely catches a
fleeting glimpse of them now and
then, and thinks of them only as a
very effective part of the frock.
If one chooses well materials and
accessories, there is little danger of.
a jarring note in the costume; these
jarring notes, it is sad to say, more
often appear in afternoon and street
costumes than in evening gowns.
Patterns can he obtained at your
local McCall dealer, or from The Mc-
Call Company, Department "W," 70
Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario,
FAMOUS FIGHTS FOUGHT ON
BELGIAN SOIL.
Looking Back Through History Upon
the Territory Width is Called
the Cockpit of Europe.
"Gaul—regarded as a whole, is
divided into three parts ---one of which
the Belgians inhabit, another the
Aquitanians, and the third the Gauls.
Of all these peoples, the bravest are
the Belgians."
Such was the estimate of our
staunch little allies formed some sixty
years before the birth of Christ by
Julius Caesar. The words are worth
recalling now, when Belgian bravery
has been once again put to the test
and not found wanting.
Belgium is the battlefield of Eu-
rope, The archives of every city in
that land are crammed with records
of awful fights. Take, for example,
Maestricht. In 500 years, between
the ninth and fifteenth centuries, it
was taken and plundered six times.
In the war with Spain, during a per-
iod of 53 years, it was successively
besieged by the Spaniards, the Prince
of Orange, Prince Maurice, and Fred-
erick Henry. In the struggle between
Louis XIV, of France and William
III., and again during the French
Revolution and Napoleonic period, it
was besieged four times. It was in-
vested during the revolution of 1830.
It has known fifteen sieges in all.
Captured by Surprise.
Fifteen sieges! Anti what sieges
they have been! Take that of 1579,
when it was captured by surprise, af-
ter holding out for three months and
a half and repulsing nine assaults. A
horrible butchery followed, anti for
three days the town was given up to
pillage. Before the siege began it
contained 34,000 inhabitants. After
the butchery, it is said, that only 400
men, women, or children survived.
Then turn to Brussels. What other
capital in Europe can show such a
troublous record? The French be-
sieged it in 1695. In 1706 it opened
its gates to Marlborough. Forty
years later it was again besieged by
the French under Marshal Saxe, and,
after a siege of three weeks, was
obliged to surrender. After many
More troubles, terminating with the
fall of Napoleon, Belgium and Hol-
land were united into one kingdom
under William of Nassau, and Brus-
sels was the seat of government alter-
nately with the Hague.
But the Belgians were not content
with this arrangement, for under it
they were scandalously treated. For
fifteen years they writhed under this
domination. Then they rebelled. Pla-
cards with red letters were secretly
posted on the street corners in Brus-
sels defining the following pro-
gramme: • "Monday, fireworks; Tues-
day, illumination; Wednesday, revo-
lution." And surely enough, the re-
volution came to pass.
Its success was assured by one of
the biggest battles ever fought on
Belgian soil—the Battle of Brussels.
A sanguinary conflict, raged for four
days in the streets of the city, and
the carnage of Belgians and Dutch
alike was ghastly,
The Battle of Brussels.
The most extraordinary figure of
the battle was Charlier of Liege, sur-
named the Wooden -legged, who, de-
spite his infirmity, dashed about in
command of troopswith incredible. ac-
tivity. It was due to the genius of
his brain that the bourgeois, aided by
Women, made two puppets of straw,
which they stuck: up, dressed like sol-
diers, ott the edge of the barricade.•
Each time the enemy fired the head
was lowered with a cord, and the
Dutch were duped into the belief that
r
they were picklnt, oft Belgians, when
in reality they were only riddling
scarecrows.
Thanks to their brilliant victory in
this Battle of Brussels, the Belgians
were enabled to declare their indepen-
dence.
Of course, the most famous battles
ever fought on Belgian soil were those
of the Napoleonic campaign of 1815,
when the French forces were led by
Napoleon, the British by Wellington,
and the German by Blucher. Yet the
numbers of the participants were
email indeed when compared with
those engaged in the present war.
• Napoleon's army amounted to 122,-
400 men, and was, perhaps the finest
ho had ever commanded. Wellington's
was composed of Englishmen, Hano-
verians, Brunswickers, Nassauers,
Germans, and Netherlanders, and
totalled 1tf5, 590. Wellington pro-
nounced it "the worst army ever
brought together." The army of Blu-
cher numbered 116,897.
The first big battle occurred on
June 10th, at Ligny, where Blucher,
otherwise known as "Vorwarts," was
opposed to Napoleon.
Battle of Waterloo.
The streets of the town became im-
passable on account of the dead, dy-
ing, and wounded with which they
were congested. Towards the end of
the day the Prussian cries of "Vor-
warts!" and "Henna!" were drowned
by the French cries of "En avant!"
and "Vive I'Empereurl" The Prus-
sians lost over 12,000; the French
about 8,000. Blucher himself was
wounded, and several times trampled
on by galloping horses. But the day
after the battle he was himself again,
and dosing himself with his favorite
tipple of gin and sulphur.
On the 18th came the historic bat-
tle of Waterloo.
Waterloo was a soldiers' rather
than a generals' battle. It consisted
of five distinct attacks on the Eng-
lish position. The first was an attack
on the English right by the division.
Reille. The second was an attack on
the left by the division D'Erlon. The
third was a grand cavalry attack,
where the French cavalry "foamed
itself away" on the English squares.
The fourth was a successful attack by
Ney on La Have Sainte, and for a
moment it seemed as - though the
French would prove victorious.
The fifth and last was the immor-
tal charge of the guard.
After Ten Hours.
The battle lasted about ten hours.
At eight in the evening the cry of
"Sauve qui petit" rose from the
French Guard, and our victory was
assured. A general advance on the
part of the English routed our adver-
saries, and a pursuit by the Prussians
finished off the fight. Napoleon lost
more than 30,000 out of 72,000 men.
We have recapitulated in brief
some of the biggest battles fought in
Belgium. A word may be said in con-
clusion with regard to Great Britain's
admirable position with respect to
that gallant nation. We have always
sought to protect its neutrality. The
present war is a striking case in
point. And if further testimony were
r eeded, it could be found in :the fact.
that when the French and the Ger-
mans fought in 1870, we made them
both sign to the effect that they
would not enter Belgium, compelling
them to obey this reasonable com-
mand, by declaring that if either', of
them broke their word we would im-
mediately take the field in support of
the country that had kept its 'promise.
'-London Answers.
Something to Celebrate.
"It's five years ago to -day, and I'm
going to celebrate my wouldn't wed-
ding."
"Wouldn't wedding?'' Wooden, you
mean!"
"No. Wouldn't. Five years to -day
since I asked a girl if she'd marry
me and she said she wouldn't."
The longest drought on record in
England lasted forty-nine 'days.
This is very good news, and ought
to beP laced on record. It reveals e-
very different state affairsof from
Ithat which was described us prevail-
, ing in the fighting at 1 estubert in
I May in a famous despatch front the
Imilitary correspondent of the Times.
It is a feather in the cap of Mr. Lloyd
I George, who not so long since left
the. Treasury and set up for himself
in an old-fashioned house in White -
Gardens, with, it is . aid, two
chairs, a table, and a secretary. •In
the interval he has created a wonder-
• fol organization at the Ministry ef
Munitions, and gathered roiled him
perhaps the strongest company if
business and scientific brains ''ihat
have ever been applied to the , work
of a Government department in (lis
country.
The industrial army working hi li•'
controlled establishments is an enor-
mous one. At the present time l.Ei02
works and factories have brei. et ha-
duled as controlled est al.alishim'i,t,;.
This is an increase of nearly atie sine,•
September 0, when nearly 7iiteooit
work people --050,000 men ant il,i"la
women—were employed whniee
munition work in 715 control l
tablishments. This number is .'x 'i l -
sive of the Royal Dockyard., Wtt, e'.-
wich Arsenal, and other etc bli •h-
ments directly owned by the tee. ern -
meet. Adding these, there wese
more than 800,000 work ptvp'. •ui-
pioyed on September tl in. venial:
where there are no prat; : . it
only limited profits, for th.• iar�^•a
f employer. The number, as has 'wen
1 shown, has been greatly hiereiteed
since then, and is now Utile thee.. ai
1,000,000.
The Volunteer Scheme.
of which eo much was hnp,d in the
early days of the Ministry, did err
bring a great deal of grist to the mill,
Over 100,000 men have been enrolled.
under the scheme, and have signed an
undertaking to work at any controlled
establishments to which they might be
assigned by the Ministry for any per-
iod up to six -months. Investigation,
however, showed that only a :mail
proportion of the volunteers could be
profitably removed_ It lute been in-
creasingly found that a man who was
not on war work at the time of en-
rolment has been placed by his -'m-
ployer on such 'work later, or has
himself moved to such work. ,The ob-
ject, therefore, of the scheme has been
achieved in another way. It is, in-
deed, .a testimony to the success of
the Ministry on another and specially
important side of its work—that of
spreading munition contracts inor
widely. The scheme has only succeed-
ed to a limited extent in providing .
fresh supplies of skilled worhpeopla
The troublesome fact remains that
there is an absolute deficiency of skill=
ed labor, and the Ministry is now de
voting its most a serious efforts to in-
crease the supply to the standard re-
quired.
The national shell factories already
established number 20, and there are
1.8 co-operating areas. Further, in
order to provide enough heavy ammo
nition, steps have been taken to estab-
lish 11 national projectile :factories
under the direct control of the Minis-
try.
Enemy to the Grasshopper.
Among the natural enemies of the
grasshoppers are the blister beetles
or old fashioned potato bugs, the
larvae of which subsist almost wholly
on . gy-asshopper eggs..- The. blister
beetles become very abundant in
grasshopper years when food is
plentiful. However, little or nothing
is gained by substituting a plague _of
blister beetles for a- plague of grass-
hoppers and the wiser course is to de-
stroy as many grasshopper eggs as
possible in the fall, thereby cutting
off the development of both sorts of
pests.
Mean Suggestion.
I cant think of any: way of killing
time."
"Why I often hear you playing on
the piano."